Did a crack cause the origin of universe?

Time is there because space is there. If there is no space, there can be no time. Because, in the absence of space, there can be no change; and time is just a measure of change. Therefore, no space, no time.

Furthermore, Space is there because matter is there. If there is no matter, there will be no space.

And, in this chain, matter is there because energy is there. Matter is nothing but “precipitated” form of energy which can be converted back and recovered (E=mc²).

So, time, space and matter all exist because energy is there. They are all derived from energy.

Now that is v interesting. Considering that, if energy were not there, there will be no matter, space and time. That, in effect means, that if energy is not there, universe will not be there. How astonishing. “Universe”, as we know it and understand it, is, therefore, nothing but form of energy.

But that also leads to some very disturbing and mind-blowing questions…

One, can universe disappear if there is no energy? If all energy were to somehow vanish, the universe will vanish too, in a snap, just like that…with no trace!

And second, where did energy come from. What is energy inherently? Heat, light, sound, motion are forms or effects of energy but not energy. Energy is behind all these. But we can't see, feel or know it! What really energy is? Seems like a mysterious formless, invisible driving force! It is, afterall, what is creating universe! (and universe is all we have!)

I checked and searched exhaustively and was (not so) shocked to find out that nobody in the world knows what exactly and inherently energy is? No physicist, or anyone else… Some have some ideas and hypothesis but are nowhere near being clear or sure. They know energy’s forms, can feel or see it behind things and happenings, but can’t see or feel or know it directly, in isolation.

Some say it is inbuilt in the fabric of spacetime or in the fields omnipresent in the universe, but they don’t know what it actually is, inside that fabric or spacetime. Total mystery.

I hope, by now, you have some sense of how big this question actually is… at stake is the universe! (And actually, much beyond, as you may sense soon, hopefully.)

What this mystery of "energy" is, and where did it come from (before “making” or “causing” the universe, are frightening questions. Because energy seems to be the boundary-line or key to mystery of the universe!

Let’s try to speculate.

If energy created all universe (and is probably still creating), how much energy are we talking about? And how much was it before it started “making” the universe?

And where was it stored at the start, at that “zero” time?

Obviously, that much of energy cannot be “stored” without there being something else holding it? How and where that energy was before it “made” matter, space or time!

If no universe was there at zero time, there are two possibilities, either “something” was holding that causal energy, before it got spilled out, or there was no energy at point zero and it just got created out of “something else”, due to “something”. That something, very obviously now, wasn’t either space, matter or time (because energy created them later).

Therefore, it looks like that that “something” is something which is a dimension we don’t know. And since we, humans, too are made up of derivatives of energy, we too can’t know or see it! (however, it is interesting to note that since we are made up of energy, we have direct link and lineage to that “something”, that mysterious other dimension, the parent of energy and hence the grandparent of the universe).

So, coming again to the mystery, what could be the so called “energy” and where did it “come” from. Why did it not form universe before time zero?

One loose analogy can probably help us understand all this.

Assume a big transparent sheet of glass. Top quality glass panel with optical quality so fine that no-one can see that sheet being there, it is so clear and transparent. It is free from any defect or damage. Perfect to the atomic level.

Now, imagine, due to some reason, there is some stress developed in some corner or point in that glass sheet. Or some minor hit somewhere on it. What would happen? That stress will create imbalance inside glass at that place and a crack may appear. Then what will happen?

That crack may propagate or travel in that glass? Not exactly by some energy pushing it, but because of some chain reaction instability caused by the disturbance, imbalance in the perfect glass sheet. That crack may stop somewhere or may travel very far, even infinitely, if the glass plane was that long and if that imbalance is "unstoppable". That propagation of "energy" may not need “external” push, just continued disturbance in the structure of that perfect glass sheet where crack started, like a long unending domino effect.

If this analogy even roughly captures the hypothesis or idea, then it fairly attempts to explain how infinite “astronomical” amount of “energy” got continuously generated or triggered, resulting in creation of derived universe progressively. 

It also, thus, suggests how that "energy" is in such big abundance despite being “nothing”, just an “inverse or virtual energy”, “crack” or propagation of “stress” through the space it is creating itself.

Energy is nothing and yet everything, for us, we being part of that virtual real phenomenon. The analogy also tries to answer why we can’t “see” energy. (Simply, because it is a virtual concept. It is not there, except in results that are caused by a “crack”.)

The universe and we seem to be nothing but the “bleeding” of “that thing” which got the crack.

So, what is that “that thing”?

Do we smell a multiverse here? Or Another dimension?

How many more would be there?

We are connected but may be barred to know. Or can we?

Before I put down my pen, just a last word. Is this crack repairable or reversible? Is this process reversible? If matter can be converted back to energy, can energy too be reversed and put back into the crack, sealing the crack? Is this all a cosmic mistake or is it by design?

the chase and the self doubt

a deer can run at 90km per hour whereas lion can run at 58 kmph max.

despite this large difference in their speeds, lion often is successful in hunting down the deer!

why is that so?

because of self doubt and fear!

when deer runs on seeing the lion, he is almost sure that lion will catch him. this very fear results in the deer constantly looking back again and again to check how much distance is left between him and the lion!

the fear coupled with the habit of looking back repeatedly, results in the drop in deer's speed and wrong decisions resulting in wrong unnatural turns. consequently, lion catches him.

if only deer can control his urge to keep looking back and if only he could trust that his strength lies in its speed, no lion will ever be able to catch a deer.

this is exactly what many of us do and behave!

we often keep looking back into our past so much that the frustrations, worries, regrets and fear slow us down. so much so, that our otherwise very much possible success keeps slipping from our hands.

clocks of time

Einstein who gave us the theory of relativity when once asked "what is time" had replied "time is what clock measures". seemingly simple, this was a profound reply.

another definition of time suggests that time flows because things change or move relative to something or everything. if nothing moves or changes, time would be impossible to be measured.

time therefore is measurement of change against some scale.

an illusion further compounded and muddled by changes inside us.

we have grown and changed a lot since our birth. and how did we measure our "time" age? in years made of specific months made of certain numbers of days on the basis of some cycles disturbed by intermittent "adjustments" and "creeping unforeseen discrepancies"

how interesting that while cycles make us believe and suggest the illusion that the "same" time is repeating/revisiting/recurring again and again the fact is that "if time is measurement of change" we have come and gone very far from any" point of time.

seemingly similar times on cyclic notional calenders are just that.... similar but far from same. at best beautiful excuse to revisit what we don't want to let go.

the essence lies, therefore, in celebrating the essence of the event rather than its exactness.

all calenders are clocks differently engineered by brilliant minds of original thinking societies of independent cultures.

all clocks must be preserved, respected, enjoyed and explored.

Prof Saab's post is very provocative indeed.

bag pack

(self talk) :
punjabi (or for that matter any mother tongue or native language) is, for the children of that soil, a bag pack, a guide map, binoculars, a pair of hunting shoes, a torch, a blank diary, a victorinox and a prayer.....to go out and explore the world.

mother tongue or native language is not a fence to keep us restricted and least so a squeezing one to push us back and deep inside.

punjabi (or any other language) is just a password for an entire culture, history and contours of life. and the beauty is that it opens both ways.

this simple to be happy

if u have not run into problems in your recent life (except small routine ones) it is not because u had money, or that the problems got scared of the money u had. it was because of your habits, your life management. and, in most likelihood, because those were just your fears,insecurities, phobias,imagination gone wild.....therefore, it is a myth that u must have more and more and lot of money to ensure u don't run into problems in life. it is a phobia of fear of pain. unknown, often unbased, exaggerated, illogical

if those giant problems were to actually come someday and in those proportions, no amount of money might be able to help u. u might say that many of the life's difficulties can be taken care of......while u r right if u say that, actual amount u might need might be much less than the unlimited unknown amount u may be slogging lifelong unknowingly sacrificing everything on the way.

it is, therefore, of critical importance that u earn more and spend less. more earning means increasing your value addition and market worth and being paid accordingly without flogging or losing sleep (and smile) over this. less spending means saying no to anything which can be. the extent to increase in earning and extent to decrease in spending can be gauged with the 80/20 thumb rule......80% of the things and tasks and joys can be achieved and done with 20% (or say 40%,50%) of the money.......or 80% of the earning can be increased with 20% efforts....when this 80% comes at 50% cost or more u r stretching at the cost of quality of life.

quality life is all about finding that approximate sweet spot. anything less, and u r underdoing it, underachieving under-utilising yourself. anything more and u r missing the the very purpose for what u were doing it all.

unhappiness is caused because u seek guarantee of permanence of solution instead of solution. permanence is a mirage because life is a dynamic process. only your approach can be permanent. and that may be enough. rest is in god's hands and u should give him that much of space with love and obedience.

if u have not run into problems in your recent life (except small routine ones) it is not because u had money, or that the problems got scared of the money u had. it was because of your habits, your life management. and, in most likelihood, because those were just your fears,insecurities, phobias,imagination gone wild.....therefore, it is a myth that u must have more and more and lot of money to ensure u don't run into problems in life. it is a phobia of fear of pain. unknown, often unbased, exaggerated, illogical

if those giant problems were to actually come someday and in those proportions, no amount of money might be able to help u. u might say that many of the life's difficulties can be taken care of......while u r right if u say that, actual amount u might need might be much less than the unlimited unknown amount u may be slogging lifelong unknowingly sacrificing everything on the way.

it is, therefore, of critical importance that u earn more and spend less. more earning means increasing your value addition and market worth and being paid accordingly without flogging or losing sleep (and smile) over this. less spending means saying no to anything which can be. the extent to increase in earning and extent to decrease in spending can be gauged with the 80/20 thumb rule......80% of the things and tasks and joys can be achieved and done with 20% (or say 40%,50%) of the money.......or 80% of the earning can be increased with 20% efforts....when this 80% comes at 50% cost or more u r stretching at the cost of quality of life.

quality life is all about finding that approximate sweet spot. anything less, and u r underdoing it, underachieving under-utilising yourself. anything more and u r missing the the very purpose for what u were doing it all.

unhappiness is caused because u seek guarantee of permanence of solution instead of solution. permanence is a mirage because life is a dynamic process. only your approach can be permanent. and that may be enough. rest is in god's hands and u should give him that much of space with love and obedience.

let me share a simple example. having a smart phone is ok. but dumping one and coughing out more to upgrade to the one with wireless charging is a brutal example of stretching your life at the cost of quality.

while one can afford it as of now twenty around him may not despite feeling the psychological pressure to catch up

world around us is full of such examples.

to start with, if u begin to scrutinize and curb big ticket expenses, u would have made dramatic qualitative change to your life.

wisdom of Guy Finley

- stress exists because u insist. reality has its own effortless course, and u can either embrace its way or struggle with yours.

- u need no power to flow!!! why push when u can ride?

- when a man abides in the way, his satisfactions are inexhaustible...

- once you understand that nothing real is threatening you, where is your need to anxiously protect yourself?

- once u know that u have already been given an independent, timeless identity, u need never worry again about making urself into someone.

- real power never seeks power.

- if u r seeking power u r under the power of that which has no power, and, regardless of appearances, u will become increasingly powerless.

- a crisis always precedes any real inner advancement.

- a crisis only becomes a breaking point when we fail to use it as a turning point.

- want what life wants....secret of an uncompromising power for effortless living....the only thing u will lose by learning to "want what life wants" is your fear of not being in control.

- unhappy feelings are born out of life failing to conform to your ideas of what you need to be happy.

- make a higher choice when it comes to what u really want from life

- if the want yields pain and anxiety, it is your's and not life's

- pull yourself out of the flood of self wants that promise a future pleasure but only deliver a present pain.

- just sit back, play ur game and enjoy everything.

- we have been trying to succeed with methods which must fail.

- we are tied to whatever we avoid

- any lingering sadness is an unnatural life form kept breathing by the false self's reluctance to let it go.

- if u could have, u would have

- suffering doesn't prove that u r important. what it does prove is u would rather feel like a "someone" who is miserable than be a "no one" who is free, suspended and quietly happy

- a willingness to pass through inner change enables us to see the vastness beyond our present position.

- u don't have to do anything about what tries to disturb u on ur journey. u must not do anything except stay in ur "car"

- u r not here to live upto anyone's expectations, including ur own...

why people are not happy even when wealthy

why people are not happy even when wealthy

quality of life + standard of living = happiness

wealth=backup in months for maintaining standard of living

higher the standard of living=more is the wealth required for maintaining the standard

more the wealth required=more the wealth generating setup required

more the setup= more the risk, more the insecurity/fear, more the involvement/time/effort/energy=lesser the quality of life leading to further loss of happiness

lesser quality of life is attempted to be offset by higher standard of living which in-turn pushes you deeper in the vicious circle and farther from the quality of life

so, there is an optimum level of standard of living which demands just the right effort to maintain without eating into the quality of life.

having achieved the optimum level of "standard of living" in the equation

'quality of life + standard of living = happiness'

only quality of life remains

quality of life obviously has to do something with quality of everything in life and not quantity

otherwise we would be saying "quantity of life" and not "quality of life"

quantity is fixed. quality is a choice.

unhappiness despite being wealthy has got to do more with insecurity of losing the security of buffer wealth than the actual sufficiency of wealth.... it is a mental disorder which can be treated by a good psychologist, teacher or self thought